Lincoln Smith from Forested.us explains how listening to the landscape is the secret to growing healthy fruit trees and fruiting plants. Lincoln will talk about some of his top picks from persimmons to black raspberries. Today's show prize is: The Modern Homestead Garden: Growing Self-Sufficiency in Any Size Backyard by Gary Pilarchik (affilate link).Click here to see our podcast page and to check out previous episodes. 

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Reagan Wytsalucy, Extension Assistant Professor, Agriculture & Natural Resources at Utah State University, talks about her journey to find the last orchards growing the age-old, drought resistant South West Peaches. First Nations communities in the U.S. have been growing these peaches for hundreds of years. Reagan explains why it is essential NOT to plant these trees on a large scale yet. This month's contest prize is: Micro Food Gardening: Project plans and plants for growing fruits and veggies in tiny spaces by Jennifer McGuinness. Valued at $26.99. The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com.  Tune into The Urban Forestry Radio Show LIVE by going to RealityRadio101.com on the last Tuesday of every month at 1.00 pm Eastern Time.Learn to grow organic fruit trees successfully. Sign up for OrchardPeople.com's premium online courses at https://learn.orchardpeople.com/. 

When NOT to Plant Rare Fruit Trees

Do nitrogen fixing plants and trees actually improve soil fertility? Will your fruit trees benefit if you plant nitrogen fixing plants in your garden? Susan speaks to permaculture orchardist Stefan Sobkowiak of Miracle Farms in Quebec, Canada to find out!  

Will Nitrogen Fixing Plants Improve Soil Fertility?

Learn how to boost your trees health with fruit tree foliar sprays that you can make at home from sugar, molasses, epsom salts...and Coca-cola? Our show guest is regenerative agriculture expert John Kempf. 

Fruit Tree Foliar Sprays with John Kempf

Soil microbes play an essential role in releasing nutrients from the soil in a form that our fruit trees and other plants can access. So, if your soil doesn't have a healthy and diverse microbe population, your fruit trees will not thrive. The problem is that microbes are so tiny that we can't see them with the human eye. How do we know if we have a good microbe population? According to the Soil Conservation Council of Canada all you have to do is bury a pair of 100% cotton underwear in the topsoil of your garden. Leave your undies in the ground for a couple of months. Then, when you dig them up see what they look like. If your soil microbes have been busy digesting and recycling organic matter, then all that will be left is the elastic waist band.  To learn more about this process, I've invited two experts from the University of Guelph to talk about the "Bury Your Briefs Campaign" and about the role soil microbes play in keeping our fruit trees and other plants healthy. They are Cameron Ogilvie, Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator and Kari Dunfield, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Microbiology of Agro-ecosystems.  This month's contest prize: a U of G baseball cap and trowel.

#68: Bury Your Briefs to Evaluate Soil Microbes

Jack Legg, an agronomist from SGS Canada, talks about soil and tissue testing and how that can help ensure that your fruit trees and plants have the nutrients they need.

Episode 67: Soil and Tissue Testing

Blueberry bushes are native to North America. So why are they so hard to grow? Find out how to grow them successfully with Kathleen Demchak, Senior Extension Associate at Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.

Episode 66: Growing Blueberries

Why plant 40 fruit trees that produce different types of fruit, when you can have one tree that produces 40 types of fruit? Award-winning artist Sam Van Aken is an associate professor in the Art Department of Syracuse University and he discusses how he uses inter stem grafting to create a "Tree of 40 Fruit."

Episode 65: Creating a "Tree of 40 Fruit"

Your fruit tree's nutritional needs change throughout the year. Learn when to fertilize fruit trees with Tree Fruit Production Extension Specialist Robert Crassweller, Ph.D. from Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.

Episode 64: When To Fertilize Fruit Trees

Learn about crabapple trees that are native to North America in this podcast with researcher Paul Kron, Research Associate at the Plant Population and Evolution Research Lab at the University of Guelph.

Episode 63: Native Apple Trees

Learn how to taste different apple cultivars and varieties like the experts do with Dr. Amy Bowen, Director, Consumer Insights Group at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Ontario.

Episode 62: Apple Tasting Party

Learn how to prune old apple trees and how to care for them with UK-based orchard educator Bob Lever.

Episode 61: How to Prune Old Fruit Trees

Learn to grow fruit trees in extreme climates with Greg Peterson of UrbanFarm.org.

Episode 60: Growing Fruit Trees in Extreme Climates

Learn the secrets of establishing a successful community orchard with Lewis McNeill of The Orchard Project in the United Kingdom.

Episode 59: Community Orchards in the UK and Beyond

Learn to create a garden with native plants that will attract bees and other beneficial insects with Lorraine Johnson, co-author of the free eBook: "A Flower Patch for The Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee".

Episode 58: Bee Garden Design and Fruit Trees

This live radio show and podcast covers fruit trees, food forests, permaculture and arboriculture with host Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care training website www.orchardpeople.com.

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